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thank you!

First yellow in a youth game today. Firstly, defending player marking attacking player at a throw in, ball comes into play going nowhere near the pair and defending player kicks attacking player deliberately. I think he thought I wouldn't see it as the ball was going a completely different...

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Is that official advice to interpret that way then? Should I be doing this? My first thought was if it's a pen it's a red.

Can someone please help me understand why we got a yellow when the China penalty kick was awarded.

Thanks both, good advice as ever

It's been rather cold around our way, I've U12s tomorrow. Is it my job to turn up and check if it's all soft enough to play, or should I expect home team to get in touch and let me know? Any advice on this for such a low level game?

so messi's 2nd goal vs france should've have counted as subs were on the pitch ?

Excellent advice folks, thank you! Really excellent advice folks, thank you!

Done 2 seasons in the park at kids levels. Just been offered an academy game at the local EFL club to cover a lino that dropped out. Will be revising tonight but wanted to consult the refchat members on what should I make sure I don't forget? Any top tips from experience linesman? Do I watch...

it was that game that made me seek out this thread. There's that penalty given, later in the match argentine attacker tries to chip the ball over the keep and made to fall after contact with the keeper. More contact in the second one - but in this instance keeper did in fact graze the ball, so....

what's the case if a keeper makes a save wipes the man out too? He will have got the ball, but also the man?

is there some kind of referee brotherhood that I'm not aware off, he said 'subjective' - code for I wouldn't have given it, why can't he be explicit.??

unbelievable! None of us are giving that. Why's a whole team of nearly 10 in the VAR room even flagged it!? Makes our jobs so much harder explaining the rules in the park on a saturday morning when everyone has just seen that. ffs